Romania has a new government<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The new Romanian
\nGovernment, headed by Mihai Tudose, was endorsed by Parliament and then sworn
\nin on Thursday. Romania needs an alert government, focused on performance, and
\nthe new team will have to make up for the delays caused by the previous
\nGovernment, so that the goals set in the governing programme are reached, the
\nnew Prime Minister Mihai Tudose has stated:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Romania is
\ncurrently in a good economic situation. The economy has been growing, we have a
\nwell-developed industry, and both incomes and consumption have also grown. What
\nwe still lack is a serious growth in investments and revenues to the budget. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Romania’s
\nPresident Klaus Iohannis has been harsh on the ruling coalition, which, unhappy
\nwith its former Cabinet, removed it under a no-confidence motion only after six
\nmonths after investiture, blaming it for failing to implement the governing
\nprogramme that brought victory to the Social Democrats in December 2016. The
\nhead of state stressed the fact that, along with appointing a new Government,
\nthe Social Democratic Party and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats,
\nsupported by the Union of Ethnic Hungarians, have changed the governing
\nprogramme too. Klaus Iohannis:<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
In six months,
\nwe have passed from tax lowering to levying new taxes, from pay rises to
\nsolidarity taxes. Such a behavior is by no means characterized by
\nfiscal-budgetary predictability. Dear members of the Social Democratic Party
\nand of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, on behalf of all Romanians I
\nurge you to stop this hop on-hop off. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The president signs public sector pay
\nlaw<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The recent
\npolitical crisis in Bucharest has raised fears that the public sector salary
\nlaw will be left aside for a while and its implementation delayed. Moreover,
\nthe removal of the Social-Democratic Cabinet headed by Sorin Grindeanu, who
\ninitiated the bill in the first place, and the prospects of its being replaced
\nby a government of a different political colour had the pessimists believe that
\nthe law, benefiting a large part of the population, would be forgotten.
\nHowever, everybody’s fears were dispelled when it was announced that president
\nIohannis promulgated the law. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
A communiqu\u00e9
\nissued by the Presidential Administration reads that the head of state supports
\nthe need for a sustainable increase in the salaries of public employees, in
\norder for their living standard to increase. The president has also stressed
\nthe fact that it is the responsibility of the Social Democratic Party and the
\nAlliance of Liberals and Democrats to ensure a balanced growth and to harmonise
\nthe income growth objective with that of maintaining Romania’s macro-economic
\nand budgetary stability. The public salary law stipulates that over the coming
\nfive years, state employees’ salaries will grow by more than 50% on average.
\nHowever, the law has come under criticism from employers associations and trade
\nunions. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The investigation into the 2009
\npresidential elections is closed<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
The Prosecutor
\nGeneral’s Office on Tuesday closed the investigation into the presidential
\nelections of December 2009, having failed to discover any illegal acts of abuse
\nof office and forgery of documents and electoral records. An inquiry began
\nfollowing allegations by the journalist and political advisor Dan Andronic that
\na number of high-ranking officials, including Romania’s former Prosecutor
\nGeneral Laura Codruta Kovesi and the former Romanian Intelligence Service
\ngeneral Florian Coldea were at the home of the former deputy prime minister
\nGabriel Oprea on the evening before the second round of the presidential
\nelections and helped Traian Basescu win the elections. The latter won a second
\nterm defeating his rival Mircea Geoana by a narrow margin. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
A number of
\npoliticians holding public offices in 2009 were heard by the prosecutors as
\npart of the case. Investigators also requested documents from state
\ninstitutions such as the Permanent Electoral Authority and the Special
\nTelecommunications Service. A parliamentary committee is also looking into the
\n2009 presidential elections.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Romania faces extreme heat<\/strong> <\/p>\n
\n
<\/p>\n
Many countries
\nin Europe, including Romania have been faced with a heat wave starting last
\nweek. A yellow code alert for heat and thermal discomfort was first issued on
\nWednesday in 12 counties in the west, south and centre, where temperatures
\nreached 33 to 36 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the colour code alert was raised
\nto orange, as temperatures went up to 40 degrees. For Saturday, the authorities
\neven issued a red code alert in some areas, where temperatures are expected to
\nreach 44 degrees Celsius in the shade. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\n
\n
\n
<\/p>\n
More than 800
\nambulance cars and almost 300 special vehicles belonging to the Mobile Emergency Service
\nfor Resuscitation and Extrication (SMURD) have been made
\navailable and are ready to intervene in case of an emergency. The heat wave has
\nalso affected the capital Bucharest. Just like last year, the local authorities
\nhave put in place 20 air-conditioned tents with medical staff ready to provide
\nassistance, water and medicines to passers-by in need of help. <\/p>\n
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